Copyright 1993 CDRP/Chestnut CD ROM & BBS LEGAL GUIDE, INC. OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Complete Home & Office Legal Guide, Volume 1, Number 1. We are proud to present an industrial strength legal forms generator and information library for your CD ROM. The Complete Home & Office Legal Guide (let's call it "COMPLETE" for short) offers you the ability to prepare well over 500 different legal forms. COMPLETE offers you 3 different ways to generate legal forms. First, you can use our menu driven document generator. Or, if you'd rather "fill in the blanks" that's okay; some persons like to take an already finished form and overstrike. If you want to fill in the blanks, or, overstrike on a complete form, you can do so in your own word processor-- COMPLETE instantaneously gives you the document in the most popular word processing formats (ready to run): --> Word Perfect 5.1 --> Wordstar 5-7 --> MicroSoft Word 5.0 --> ASCII [Is this a good time to introduce a side issue? We LOVE to hear from our users. Need different word processing formats? Just let us know and we'll try to include other formats in forthcoming, updated and expanded issues. Our users are our boss, so let us know what you would like to see in upcoming issues! This program is updated thrice yearly, and we take requests!] We think you'll like using our menu driven forms generator best. Okay, we're prejudiced. When you use our menu driven document generator, you can STILL export the completed form to your word processor! But wait-- there's more..... COMPLETE also has a built in editor and DOS shell. Our forms are written, whenever possible, in plain language. This is designed for everyone's convenience, comfort and sanity. (We try harder to make the forms we can draft readable and clear, but some forms like mortgages are prescribed by state law. These are often written in abstruse language.) Additionally, attorneys, paralegals and business experts have reviewed the forms carefully to be sure that they are useful and legal. A veritable cornucopia of legal information, with brilliant, insightful and modest comments are interspersed within selected US Supreme Court decisions, state laws, court rules and regulations. Among the full text selections are-- The full text of the North American Free Trade Agreement; Model Business Corporations Act; The Copyright Code; Uniform Commercial Code; Uniform Probate Code and much more You may view these items on screen or export them to your word processor in ASCII, Word Perfect 5.1, MicroSoft Word 5 and Wordstar 5-7. A complete manual follows. Most computer users find that they can run our program the first time it is loaded. All functions within the program are menu driven, and a "navigator strip" on the bottom of the menus lets you know all of your choices. It should only take 10 minutes or so to skim the manual. It's worth it, since there are many features. Each main menu also features a complete help file. INTRODUCTION PLEASE READ ALL FILES WITH EXTENSIONS OF ".TXT" that came with your program for important information and any last minute news and changes. SPECIAL NOTE: IN THIS MANUAL ITEMS TO BE ENTERED ON THE COMPUTER ARE ENCLOSED IN ANGLED BRACKETS "< >". Follow the entry with the ENTER key. Do not type the brackets as they are only place holders for text to be entered by you. 1) System Requirements/Installation 2) Use of the program 3) Customer Satisfaction- Support 4) About our staff 5) Legalese-- warranties, trademarks, warnings 6) Index SECTION ONE INSTALLATION Section 1-1 INSTALLATION To install COMPLETE place the CD in your CD-ROM drive, and run the INSTALL utility. The install utility MUST be run, or else you will not be able to run the program! REPEAT: Run install.exe first! The command to install is, surprisingly enough, Please follow the on screen prompts to complete the installation process. The install should take you about a minute or so. The install program will make a directory on the hard drive disk of your choice for saving documents you write or outputting statutes. In addition, if you would like to, the install utility will also add the proper statement to your path so that you will be able to run the program from any directory. SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS In order to operate this program, your computer must: 1) have an IBM PC compatible operating a version of M.S. DOS, D.R. DOS or P.C. DOS of 4.0 or higher or OS/2, PS/2 with the MicroSoft MS-DOS CD ROM extensions (also known as MSCDEX). This program happily runs under Windows environments/Multi tasking environments and also runs in "MS DOS EMULATIONS" in Open Desk Top, and other systems that can run MS DOS programs. [To find out which version of DOS you are using, please enter: and you will receive a cheery message such as MS-DOS VER 4.01 In general this program will operate on XT compatibles, '286 compatibles (AT Class) and '386 compatible systems and '486 systems. 2) have a hard drive (fixed disk); 3) have at least 512 K Bytes of USABLE memory within the first 640KB. Many computer users have machines that are installed with 640K but install many Terminate and stay resident (TSR or "memory resident" programs) which each use memory, dropping usable memory to less than 512 K; if you cannot operate this program dump out of it (the time honored process of giving the three fingered salute--pressing Control, Alternate and Delete at once to "warm" reboot) and at a system prompt type, exactly Your machine should whirl and click and then announce something like this: 655360 bytes total memory 610000 bytes free if you have less than 512000 bytes of memory free, then you must read the manuals for your memory resident software and delete some of them so that you have at least 512000 free when you run this program. There are utilities that "manage" terminate and stay resident program advertised in your favorite computer magazine. If you would like an operating environment that manages memory and can make your computer stand on its head allowing multitasking among many other great things, check out the great products from Quarterdeck (tm) like DesqView. 4) Have a CD ROM drive. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: Many computer users employ file management shells like the Norton Commander(tm) or PC TOOLS (versions 6 and higher) to help them manage their systems. These programs consume memory when used. Often persons also load several Terminate and stay resident utilities (T.S.R's) and a file manager. The likely result is that you will be often reduced to less than 300k free memory. This will S.. L.. O.. W.. down your system and cause many programs not to load at all. Running COMPLETE directly from DOS is simple and recommended! There is no minimum requirement for graphics adapters or color. The program will happily run on a text-mono system; and it looks very great on a VGA system! Due to our design philosophy the program will run on a system with NO color and no graphics capability at all. We do recommend VGA color. A printer is recommended so that you can fully use COMPLETE (You cannot print out legal documents without access to a printer.) SECTION 2 STARTING THE PROGRAM; USING THE PROGRAM Section 2-1 START UP AND MAIN MENU In order to start the program type: and press the Return key. (This key is also called the ENTER key, and is usually marked on your keyboard with a left descending arrow. Throughout this manual, it will be referred to as .) The main menu offers a help screen. Section 2-2 MOUSE USERS Your mouse must be MS DOS compatible, and the mouse driver must be loaded for the rodent to operate. For more information on loading your mouse driver, please see the manual which came with your rodent. To begin using the program, type then . Clicking the left button sends a carriage return, the right button page down, both buttons, sends Escape. Moving the rodent up and down advances the cursor up and down. NOTE: We do not have a separate mouse cursor. The mouse is emulating the cursor keys. Section 2-3 SELECTING FROM THE OPTIONS PROVIDED To select your choice, either use the cursor keys (up and down arrows) to highlight the choice you want, or, enter the letter corresponding to your choice, and then press . We will explain the operation of the statutes, and tutorials (mini-seminars), document preparation and editing documents separately. Section 2-4 THE SHELL GAME- OUR DOS "SHELL" Choice "S"- DOS Shell-- Our DOS "shell" is a utility program which allows you to perform tasks, while retaining COMPLETE in memory. For example, if you want to format a floppy disk, but do not want to exit the program, then choose the DOS Shell option, by either highlighting this option using the cursor keys (up and down arrows) or pressing then press . You will then see a message indicating that your operating system has been loaded. For example, Microsoft (R) MS-DOS (R) Version 4.01 (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1986 you may then operate DOS commands. At all times, COMPLETE remains in memory. To resume use of the program, type and then or (On some machines the key is marked return, on others enter, and some have a left descending arrow.) This will return you to the opening screen. Section 2-5 THE NAVIGATOR At the bottom of each screen the active keys are listed, and what each key does. This "navigator" strip is your first resource for help in getting around the program. Section 2-6 STATUTES MENU COMPLETE contains the full text, with annotations of many important laws and governmental regulations. To choose this option from the main menu, press and then (Return), or highlight this option by using the cursor keys- up and down arrows. Because we have so many statutes, they are categorized in a menu driven system. Categories and sub-categories are listed in capital letters; entries which you may choose are listed in mixed case letters. The best way to learn is by doing! There are hundreds of selections in the system. The top-level Categories are all labeled with a "1" to the left of the Category name, as in the following example: Press Enter for HELP 1 <- US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS CATEGORY 1 <- UNIFORM ACT CATEGORY 1 <- FEDERAL STATUTES AND REGULATIONS CATEGORY 1 <- FEDERAL COURT RULES CATEGORY 1 <- STATE COMPUTER CRIMES LAWS CATEGORY 1 <- GENERAL STATUTES 1 <- ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL RULE CATEGORY Use your cursor keys (or your mouse if you are running the rodential version of COMPLETE) to select the one of interest to you. It will highlight. Press ENTER or the left mouse button to select that entry. The one you select will remain on the screen, and the next level will be listed on the screen. -----------<< Statutes Menu >>------------------ Press Enter for HELP 1 <- UNIFORM ACT CATEGORY 2 <- UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE 2 <- MODEL BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT 2 <- MODEL PENAL CODE 2 <- MODEL PROBATE CODE 2 <- ALL OTHERS ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you type 1 or highlight 1 and press enter, you will return to the first level. Remember that entries which you can select are presented in upper case and lower case letters. As you can see, level 2 is a sub-category. Pick one of the Subcategories. Assume you picked the Uniform Commercial Code. ------------<< Statutes Menu >>--------------------- Press Enter for HELP 1 <- UNIFORM ACT CATEGORY 2 <- UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE Article 1, General Definitions Article 2, Sales Part 1 of 2 Article 2, Sales Part 2 of 2 Article 3, Commercial Paper 1 of 2 Article 3, Commercial Paper 2 of 2 Article 4, Commercial Paper Article 4A, Electronic Fund Transfers Part 1 of 2 Article 4A, EFT Part 2 of 2 Article 5, Letters of Credit Article 6, Bulk Sales Article 7, Warehouse Receipts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now, you can see that there are upper and lower case indented selections. These are items which you can display, print or export in your word processor. If you want to return to level 1 or 2 highlight that number and you will be returned to that menu level. To print the statute you have chosen press

(Remember that the navigator is always there for you and there is an on line help file!) The file print function is "straight ASCII." If you are using a laser printer be sure to disable "landscape" printing or other settings which will cause the printer to decline to print normal ASCII text. You may also export the material in ASCII, Word Star 5-7, MS Word 5 or Word Perfect 5.1. Press for file, and then select the conversion you desire. THE FILE WILL BE OUTPUT IN YOUR SELECTED FORMAT in a file named TEMP.OUT. The file will ALWAYS be named temp.out. So rename temp.out or copy it to another sub-directory, since your next export will over-write temp.out. Go forth and work with the system. YOU WILL FIND IT to be very convenient after the first few times you use it. Once you are reading the full text, you will occasionally see blocks of text marked with "/*" and closed with "*/." These are distinguishing placeholders to show comments as opposed to the full text of the law or regulation. Copyright stuff: We do not claim copyright on U.S. government material contained in the statutes menu or state mandated legal forms. However we do claim copyright on all the rest of the program and on the comments within the statutes. Section 2-7 BROWSING THROUGH THE STATUTES You may read the statutes by pressing the page up, page down, cursor keys for up and down (up and down arrows.) The left and right cursor keys are special. The left arrow key returns you to the previous comment; the right arrow searches for the next comment. If you press the left arrow key and the text does not change, this means that you are seeing the first comment; if you press the right arrow key and the text does not change you are then viewing the last comment in the file. Section 2-8 EXITING THE STATUTES To leave a statute, you may press Escape or, to exit the program completely, press which will send you back to DOS and quit the program. Section 2-9 TUTORIAL (MINI-SEMINAR) MENU WHAT IS A TUTORIAL/ MINI-SEMINAR? COMPLETE contains mini-seminars called "tutorials" about the subjects that our research and your requests show are of the most interest to our users. To select this option, either highlight option C from the main menu, or, enter the letter Then press . These "tutorials" or "mini-seminars" are a discussion of the rights and obligations that the law provides for each tutorial area. LET US KNOW ABOUT OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST AND WE'LL PREPARE SOMETHING ON THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE. Updates are prepared every four months. Let us know what you feel should be added you're the boss. Section 2-10 SELECTING A TUTORIAL/MINI-SEMINAR Once you have determined which tutorial you might want to read or review, please highlight it by using the cursor keys (up and down arrows). Then press . You will then be able to see the text of a tutorial. You can read through the tutorial by using the cursor keys, page down, page up or the home or end keys. Section 2-11 READING FULL TEXT OF LAWS OR REGULATIONS DISCUSSED- OPENING A SECOND WINDOW Let's get back to the tutorial. If you would like to read and review the full text of the laws discussed in a tutorial or mini-seminar, you can review this simultaneously with the tutorial by opening a second "window." To do so, press the letter and you will be able to select to view the on line dictionary or view a help screen for tutorials. In addition, many tutorials also have further explanatory material. To select which option you desire, use the cursor keys (up and down arrow) to highlight the item you want to view. Then press return. The selected item (the on line dictionary, help or other materials) will then appear on the screen; to toggle back and forth between the mini-seminar and the selected full annotated text, press Many mini-seminars have more than one full text selection. If you want to review a different full annotated text from that originally selected, return to the tutorial, and press which will reopen the full annotated text menu. Select the new full text by using the cursor (up and down arrow keys). Section 2-12 DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL TERMS If legal terms are used in the mini-seminar, they are also defined in the on line legal dictionary. Simply press and select this option for the on line legal phrase book- our mini legal dictionary. Press to toggle back and forth between the dictionary and the text. To select help or full text, return to the tutorial text, press and select the other full text. Section 2-13 To stop reading, press Escape (ESC) to return to the tutorial menu, to return to the main menu, or to exit (quit) the program and to return to DOS. That was easy-wasn't it! Section 2-14 DRAFTING DOCUMENTS THE DOCUMENT GENERATOR We are very proud of our document generation program and hope that you will be as well. Through the use of this part of the program you will be able to draft custom legal papers that are legal and binding in all 50 states. These forms will accomplish their objectives. If you use a form that isn't right you'll have a legal and valid form that accomplishes something other than you desired. READ CAREFULLY ************************************************************ Please review the warranty disclaimer and sign-on notice. ************************************************************ In order to begin using the forms generator, from the main menu, please select option "E", prepare legal documents, by either entering and then or using the cursor keys (up and down arrows) to select this option. The document menu operates on a hierarchical system similar to that of the statutes. In fact, once you are facile with the statutes menu the document generator and example/blanks system is a snap. Once "inside" a document you will have the opportunity to enter information, and "custom build" your form. SECTION 2-15 FILL IN THE BLANKS AND EXAMPLES Menu selection "D" provides fill in the blank forms and completed example forms. Its menu functions in the same way as the statutes menu. These blanks or examples may be exported as WordStar, ASCII, MS Word and Word Perfect files. Remember that the files when exported are written to a file named temp.out. Rename or move this file. SECTION 2-16 BUILDING DOCUMENTS: SCREENS In using option "E" the prepare/save/print/export legal documents menu (the document generator), you will then see two types of form building screens- a multiple choice box and a fill in the blank box. SECTION 2-17 FILL IN THE BLANK SCREENS First the fill in the blank box: Enter, exactly as you wish to see it, the information requested. Be careful to put it in the format requested- if the fill in the blank box asks for the information in numerals, use numerals. If it asks for information in numbers, enter numbers. Once you have finished filling in the blanks, then hit return. You can "edit" a line prior to entering "return" by using the backspace key. If you have made a horrible goof and want to start from scratch, use the tab forward key to highlight the "cancel" choice on the bottom of the dialogue box, and press return. The document will then be canceled. You will be returned to the document preparation category or sub-category. A second option is to leave the document with the error and fix it either with the on-line word processor or your own word processor. On occasions the space which is provided for entry of data is too small. In that case, simply enter in the fill in the blank box "See exhibit 1 (etc.)" and use a separate sheet to continue. Or you can fill in the document and then use the built-in word processor to put in the rest of the information. SECTION 2-18 MULTIPLE CHOICE SCREENS You will also see multiple choice boxes. Use the up arrow and down arrow (cursor keys) to place the "bullet" in the choice that you would like, and press . SECTION 2-19 NUMERICAL AMOUNTS When amounts of money need to be input, enter them in the following form: 213.45 or 22000.00 Commas are not required and dollar signs should not be used. The program will prompt for numerical amounts and then will transliterate them into their numerical equivalents. Thus, if you enter 100, the program will show it as $ 100.00 (One hundred & no/100 Dollars) automatically! SECTION 2-20 SUGGESTED INPUTS Many screens contain suggested inputs. For example, the "number of days between installments" on the installment promissory note has several choices. The final choice "KEY IN VALUE" allows you to put whichever choice you desire in the form if the suggestions don't fit your needs. To enter your own value, place the bullet in the KEY IN VALUE choice and then press ENTER. Then type in your choice. SECTION 2-21 FINISHING DOCUMENTS- NAMING DOCUMENTS Once you've finished preparing a document, press (for save) and then fill in the name of the document. MS-DOS limits you to eight characters and an extension on a file, for example- "foobar.doc." We don't-- your document can be named meaningfully using up to 72 characters, including blanks-- Thus, a note from Joe to Fred for $ 1.00 done on 12/1/92 can be named: Note from Joe to Fred- value $ 1.00 dated 12/1/92 Use a completely descriptive name so you will know exactly what the document is. SECTION 2-22 PRINTING DOCUMENTS To print out a document, after completing your answers, and seeing the document, press

, and a dialogue box will ask you use the cursor key to say "yes" or "no." Before saying yes be sure that the printer is connected to the computer, turned on, and has ribbons and paper. (Or if it is a laser printer, that it has toner and paper!) You may use a printer of your choice from daisy wheel, a dot matrix to a laser. IF YOU ARE USING A LASER PRINTER BE SURE TO CLEAR OUT ANY CODES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SET FOR GRAPHICS OR LANDSCAPE PRINTING. THE PRINT OUTPUT IS ORDINARY "ASCII." SECTION 2-23 REVIEWING DOCUMENTS To print out a document which you previously saved, go to the main menu and either use the cursor key or enter the letter and then press . The documents, with titles that you have chosen will appear on screen. To see one, highlight that document and press To print, press

check that you are ready and then print away. To output the document to "TEMP.OUT," press and the Return key. SECTION 2-24 DELETING DOCUMENTS For your own sanity, you should only delete the documents that are on the "review/print/delete" menu from within the system. (Copies exported to TEMP.OUT can be deleted any way you see fit.) To delete a document, first select the document, and press enter so that you are viewing that document. To delete hold down the key and while holding the ALT key down, press (for delete.) This will permanently erase a document, and in most cases even an undelete program will not save you! Be sure that you intend to do so before zapping a document to never-never land! SECTION 2-26 THE "TEMP.OUT" FILE EXPORTER All the statutes and fill-in-the blank forms can be exported to a disk drive by selecting "File out" when the desired item is displayed. The exported file is always named TEMP.OUT, and is copied to the \LAWDOCS directory of the hard drive where you installed the program. Since the outputted file is always named "TEMP.OUT," you'll need to move, copy or rename your most recent TEMP.OUT before you export another, or the next TEMP.OUT file will overwrite the last. SECTION 2-27 EDITING DOCUMENTS Once you have prepared a document, you may change it with the built in text editor. The text editor contains a complete help screen. Just hit for complete help. NOTE: THE MOUSE IS DISABLED DURING USE OF OUR EDITOR. SECTION 3 Section 3-1: SUPPORT Support is available through CDRP, via voice during regular business hours, Eastern time, Monday through Friday: 1-617-494-5330 or via fax, 1-617-494-6094. Or write: CDRP P.O. Box 360 Cambridge MA 02141-0004 Section 3-2 UPDATES Laws change, frequently. COMPLETE is updated and expanded 3 times yearly. Every new issue contains a complete update of all materials. Our editors are voraciously digitizing more statutory material and the legal staff are creating new forms regularly. Our second issue will add (among other things): The Uniform Code of Military Justice, and Military Court regulations; The Patent Act; The Truth in Lending Act and Regulations; Tax Court practice and procedure rules; Immigration Rules; State Constitutions (we'll have all 50 over time); HIV-AIDS related laws and much more. Each new issue will also contain additional forms in most categories and new form categories. Some of the areas under development are: Securities; Restaurant/Hotels/Resorts; Professional Practices (Dental, Architectural, etc.) A three issue subscription is available through: Shareable Software International Legal Guide Subscription Service P.O. Box 59102 Schaumberg, IL 60159 For orders call, 1-800-622-2793; Fax (708) 397-0381; Other calls (708) 397-1221 The Subscription is $59.95-- just $ 19.98 per issue! These numbers are for orders ONLY. The support numbers are listed in Section 3-1 above. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR UPDATE TOPICS AND FORMS through CDRP (numbers in section 3-1 above.) SECTION 4 WHO WE ARE It takes many persons to put together a project of this magnitude. The staff that prepared this program consist of: Project leader- Warren Clary, P.E Logistics leader and editor in chief- Amy Seeberger Legal editor- Herb Kraft Chief Paralegal- Scott Briscoe Systems specialist- E. Ray Clary, P.E. Para-legal services and editing- M. Elaine Hebenthal; Loren Weiner; Karen Loewen Thanks to everyone. SECTION 5 LEGALESE Section 5-1 LIMITATION OF WARRANTY ***THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND THE SELLERS AND MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE SOLE REMEDY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. THE FORMS HEREIN ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE USED UNLESS THE SAME ARE REVIEWED BY AN ADVISOR OR ATTORNEY, AND THE SELLERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE OF A FORM TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF THE USER.*** TRADEMARKS IBM PC, PS/2, AT, XT, and PC-DOS are trademarks of IBM. MS-DOS, MicroSoft Word, MS Windows and OS/2 are trademarks of Microsoft. DR-DOS is a trademark of Digital Research. UNIX is a trademark of Bell Labs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Mouse.com" is copyright 1983,1984 by Microsoft, and is used under license. PKLITE is used under license from PKWARE, Inc. SECTION 6 INDEX The index refers to section numbers, not page numbers. Section Topic 1-1 System Requirements 2-0 Detailed operating instructions begin 2-1 Start up and main menu- keyboard users 2-2 Start up- mouse users 2-3 Selecting menu options 2-4 DOS SHELL 2-5 The Navigator 2-6 Statutes menu 2-7 Browsing through statutes 2-8 Exiting the statutes 2-9 TUTORIALS MENU 2-10 Selecting a tutorial 2-11 Opening a second menu 2-12 On line definitions 2-13 Exiting tutorials 2-14 DRAFTING DOCUMENTS (USING THE DOCUMENT GENERATOR) 2-15 "Prebuilt" fill-in-the blank forms and examples 2-16 Building documents: screens 2-17 Fill in the blank screens 2-18 Multiple choice screens 2-19 Numerical amounts 2-20 Suggested inputs 2-21 Finishing documents- naming documents 2-22 Printing documents 2-23 REVIEWING DOCUMENTS 2-24 Deleting documents 2-25 Editing documents 2-26 Exporting documents 2-27 Editing documents 3-1 Support 3-2 Updates 4-0 Who we are 5-0 Legalese 6-0 Index